org.jfree.date
Class AnnualDateRule

java.lang.Object
  org.jfree.date.AnnualDateRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DayAndMonthRule, DayOfWeekInMonthRule, EasterSundayRule, RelativeDayOfWeekRule

public abstract class AnnualDateRule
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

The base class for all 'annual' date rules: that is, rules for generating one date for any given year.

One example is Easter Sunday (which can be calculated using published algorithms).

Author:

David Gilbert

Constructor Summary

protected

AnnualDateRule() Default constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Returns a clone of the rule.
abstract SerialDate	getDate(int year) Returns the date for this rule, given the year.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnualDateRule

protected AnnualDateRule()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

getDate

public abstract SerialDate getDate(int year)

Returns the date for this rule, given the year.

Parameters:

year - the year (1900 <= year <= 9999).

Returns:

the date for this rule, given the year.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Returns a clone of the rule.

You should refer to the documentation of the clone() method in each subclass for exact details.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a clone of the rule.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - if the rule is not clonable.